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'Special' Documents folder shortcut on desktop in Windows 7.
So, I wanted to look into getting the 'special' My Documents (now just called Documents) on my desktop in Windows 7, just as it was in Windows XP. I want to have BOTH the Users folder and the Documents folder on my desktop, not just one or the other. I did some searching through the registry to see if I could accomplish this, and finally came across HKCR\CLSID\{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}\, which still has the original My Documents Desktop registry data. I tried to add it to the desktop by going to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\ and I added the key {450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103} as a sub key in NameSpace.
I also went to HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\ and set the DWORD value for {450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103} to 0. However that didn't seem to work, so I repeated the process, only this time, I used the key value {450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1104}, which I had created (This new key was not a clone of {450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}, but rater a key containing only Context Menu values). And, surprisingly, it worked.
I was thrilled, until I started getting the error 'explorer.exe - unspecified error' whenever I tried clicking on it. This didn't happen before; it used to open to the Documents folder normally, and this was seemingly happening all of a sudden and out of nowhere. I tried re-tweaking the registry, but that did nothing. I even tried changing the key name, but that did nothing. I am not convinced this is impossible, as I have successfully done this with Firefox. Can someone please help? Thanks in advance.